LEGUMINOSAE i77 



Family 42. LEGUMINOSAE. K4-5 or (4-5), C5, A4-00 or (4-co), Gi 



(Sweet Pea, Vetch, Clover, Pea, Bean) 



Ls. alternate, stipulate, usually compound. Fruit a dry pod, often elongated 

 and usually splitting along both edges revealing a single row of seeds. Members of 

 this family have the power to make their own nitrogen by tubercles on the root 

 which can usually be seen with the naked eye. 



Sub-family. PAPILIONACEAE. K5 or (5), C5, Aio or (10) or (9) + !, Qi 

 Fls. usually resemble those of the sweet pea, having standard, wings, and keel. 



(I) Stamens All United 



Adenocarpus decorticans. 10. May-June. D. Branches long, horizontal. 

 Ls. 3-fol., crowded, slender-stalked; Iflts. linear, f, entire, hairy, margins usually 

 rolled inwards, stalkless. Fls. yellow, in short erect racemes on upper side of 

 branch. Pod 2 X ^, glandular, sticky. Spain. (Fig. 3 e.) 



AMORPHA. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. small, entire. Fls. purple, with orange stamens; 

 in dense terminal spikes. Pod short, i -seeded, not splitting. 



A. canescens. Lead Plant. 4. July. D. Entirely covered with grey down. 

 Stems erect, unb ranched. Lflts. ov., \, hairy, stalkless, lowest pair close 

 to main stem. Fls. |. Pod less than \. U.S.A. 

 A.fruticosa. False Indigo. 15. July-August. D. Lflts. ov., 2, ending in 

 bristle-like tip, short thread-like stipule at base of each Iflt., lowest pair 

 some distance from main stem. Pod more than |, very warty. South 

 United States. (Fig. 13 f.) 



ANTHYLLIS. Branchlets crooked. Ls. hairy. Fls. yellow. 



A. Barba-Jovis. Jupiter's Beard, Silver Bush. 12. May-June. D. Stems 

 and Is. covered with silky hairs. Ls. pinnate; lflts. lane, i, entire, white- 

 edged. Fls. small, in rounded heads. Mediterranean region. (Fig. 14 E.) 



A. Hermanniae {Cytisus graecus). 2. June. D. Branchlets end in thin spine. 

 Ls. simple or 3-fol.; lflts. linear, obov., i, entire, blunt-ended, base 

 tapering. Fls. |, in few-flowered axillary clusters. Pod \, oblong, hairless. 

 South Europe. (Fig. 50 o.) 



CYTISUS. Broom. Stems usually long, green and ribbed. Ls. usually 3-fol.; 

 lflts. entire. Pod flattened, seed with appendage. 



(a) Ls. simple 



C. Beanii. i\. May. D. Prostrate. Ls. linear, |-, hairy. Fls. deep golden 



yellow. Hybrid raised at Kew. 

 C. praecox. Warminster Broom. 10. April-May. D. Like C. albus (see (b) 



below), but denser and heavier masses of branches, bending over with 



their own weight. Ls. silky. Fls. sulphur-yellow, produced in remarkable 



abundance (Bean). Hybrid. (Fig. 37 o.) 



(b) Ls. 2-fol. 



C. albus. White Spanish Broom. 10. May. D. Stems very slender, in broom- 

 like masses. Lflts. linear, I, silky (Is. simple at top). Fls. f , white. Pod i, 

 hairy. Spain and Portugal. (Fig. 37 P.) 



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